Fermanagh and Down open RTÉ season

SUMMER officially begins on May 17 with the first live championship game of the season broadcast by RTÉ.

Fermanagh and Down kick off the campaign which includes the Munster SHC and Ulster SFC deciders along with the All-Ireland quarters, semis and finals in both codes.

Other glamour fixtures include the Ulster SFC meeting of All-Ireland champions Tyrone and Armagh (May 31); Denis Walsh’s first Munster SHC game in charge of Cork against Tipperary (May 31); new Limerick boss Justin McCarthy facing his former charges Waterford (June 14), along with the Leinster derby, Meath v Dublin, on June 7.